Legal Opinion
United States v. James J. Ewers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 9, 1995No. 94-3438PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
James Ewers is a lawyer gone bad. Apparently unhappy with his status as a Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer, Ewers decided to emulate some of his clients, so he engaged in selling cocaine. After he was indicted on eight counts of drug- and tax-related crimes, Ewers pled guilty to two counts: maintaining a place for the purpose of distributing and using cocaine (i.e. using his Madison law office for cocaine distribution) and filing a false tax return. In sentencing, the district court departed upward eight levels from the Sentencing Guidelines and sent Ewers to…
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